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| Husband: | Richard Biddulph Martin (1838-1916) | |
| Wife: | Mary Frances Crozier (1840-1921) | |
| Marriage | 1864 | Isle of Wight, Hampshire |
| Name: | Richard Biddulph Martin | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Robert Martin (1809-1897) | |
| Mother: | Mary Ann Biddulph (c. 1808-1892) | |
| Birth | 12 May 1838 | |
| Death | 23 Aug 1916 (age 78) | Overbury Court, Worcestershire |
| Name: | Mary Frances Crozier | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Richard Crozier (1803-1880) | |
| Mother: | Julia Stone (c. 1811-1883) | |
| Birth | 1840 | Freshwater, Isle of Wight |
| Baptism | 25 Apr 1840 (age 0) | All Saints, Freshwater, Isle of Wight |
| Birth fact | 1840 (age 0) | 1840 Jun Q, Isle of Wight, 8/191 |
| Death fact | 1921 (age 80-81) | 1921 Dec Q, Tewkesbury, 6a/508 (aged 81) |
| Death | 3 Oct 1921 (age 80-81) | Overbury Court, Worcestershire |
Sir Richard Biddulph Martin, 1st Baronet (12 May 1838 – 23 August 1916) was an English banker and Liberal Party (and later Liberal Unionist) politician.
Martin was the older of two sons of Robert Martin (1808–1897) of Overbury Court near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire and his wife, Mary Ann (d. 1892), who was the daughter of John Biddulph of the banking firm of Cocks, Biddulph & Co. Robert Martin was a partner of the Grasshopper Bank, which later became Martins Bank.
He was educated at Harrow School and at Exeter College, Oxford, before joining his maternal grandfather's bank. He later became one of the founders of the British North Borneo Company and of the Institute of Bankers.
Martin first stood for election to the House of Commons at the 1868 general election, when he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Eastern division of Worcestershire. He was unsuccessful again in next candidacy, at the 1880 general election in the City of London.
However, 3 months later he was elected as Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury at a by-election held in July 1880 after the result of the general election in April was overturned on petition. Several of his ancestors had held the seat in the past, but Richard was the last Martin to represent Tewkesbury. The Parliamentary Borough of Tewkesbury was abolished under the Reform Act 1885 and replaced with a wider county division of Gloucestershire.
At the 1885 general election, he did not stand for re-election in the new Tewkesbury division of Gloucestershire, contesting instead the Chelmsford division of Essex, but without success.
When the Liberal Party split over Irish Home Rule, he joined the breakaway Liberal Unionist Party, and stood as a Liberal Unionist in the Ashburton division of Devon, again without success. He finally returned to Parliament at the 1892 general election as MP for the Droitwich division of Worcestershire, replacing the Liberal Unionist John Corbett, who had retired. Martin remained Droitwich's MP until he stood down at the 1906 general election.
He was made a baronet on 12 December 1905, of Overbury Court, in Gloucestershire. He died childless, and the title became extinct on his death.
He was President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1906 to 1907.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Martin,_1st_Baronet,_of_Overbury_Court
MARTIN Sir Richard Biddulph of 10 Hill Street Mayfair Middlesex and of Overbury Court Worcestershire baronet died 23 August 1916 at Overbury Court. Probate London 2 June to Lady Mary Frances Martin widow Robert Martin Holland banker C.B. and Archibald Denis Hay Cameron member of London Stock Exchange. Effects £335509 1s. 8d.
MARTIN Dame Mary Frances of Overbury Court Worcestershire widow died 3 October 1921. Probate London 10 January 1923 to Robert Martin Holland Martin banker and Archibald Denis Hay Cameron stock jobber. Effects £30265 1s. 3d.